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According to the CPI The price of a cheeseburger went up from 80 to 81 cents in 1993 and then down to 78c in 1994. If you saw a 25% increase in your area it sure wasn't widespread

Generally speaking about 30% of the cost of a restaurant food item is labor So if labor costs go up by 15% it seems unlikely that would mandate a .25% price hike to break even.

If you have facts to share, please link to them.

And Trump eats burned steak with ketchup. I'll stick with the hot sauce aficionado versus the guy attempting to replicate Big Macs in the Whitehouse kitchen. https://www.eater.com/2017/11/...

More importantly, this allows the server the possibility of keeping the tips when the new administration rules allowing the business to keep the tips kick in.

Oh, we really need Portillo's down here. Or at least Munchies. In the meantime, http://houston.eater.com/maps/... has some recommendations. For what it's worth, the JCI on Hollister off 290 and the one on SH-6 out in Copperfield have never put barbecue sauce on my Chicago dog. Sonic has a reasonable facsimile, too, minus the bun of course.

http://www.eater.com/2016/6/24...

A coupon for an espresso and a blowjob in Switzerland.(and the flight perhaps)

http://www.eater.com/2016/6/24...

I'm not so fond of pizza, but I could see myself making the trip to Geneva for an especially good morning lattè from time to time.

Secret to San Diego pizza. http://www.eater.com/2013/7/18...

That is their existing profit margin, they don't have 16% to give.

From 2014: "ground beef prices are at a record high, after rising 76% since 2009." -- Your 4 Favorite Things to Eat & Drink Are Getting More Expensive as one of the many things much more expensive.

Meanwhile, from 2015: "Between 2007 and 2012, a number of cities have seen at least a 50 percent increase in fast food restaurant outlets." -- Tracking Fast Food Restaurant Growth on the USDA's New Food Atlas as one of several indicators that overall fast food restaurant growth is booming.

Further, in 2009: "As it turns out, Wendy's really isn't cutting corners with its signature square burgers. If you can find a Wendy's location that's selling this item for 99 cents (some have bumped the price up to $1.49), you'll be sinking your teeth into the most beef you can get for less than a dollar." -- Top 5 Fast Food Value Menu Deals vs in 2016 "Double Stack $2.09" -- Wendy’s Prices

In short, suck it your short-sighted, obviously wrong idea that (1) price increase are something unabsorable by the industry, (2) price increase will cause a shrinking of the fast food industry, or (3) there's a 1:1 correlation with cost increases and price increases except in the obvious direct sense (the breakdown of the cost of a burger shows that the cost was basically 100% passed to the consumer). Yet (3) obviously doesn't override (1) and (2). If anything, as others have noted, the simple fact that the money is being effectively sucked OUT of the local economy and yet the fast food industry thrives would indicate that wage increases that "reinvest" in the local economy would actually make things even better.

So, yea, fuck you.

just shows the current guns laws are shit and weak. i mean you can't even ask a customer to stop smoking in a restaurant with getting your head shot off any more. http://www.eater.com/2015/11/3...

As the gun nuts say: "Try taking it with your dead hands."

just shows the current guns laws are shit and weak. i mean you can't even ask a customer to stop smoking in a restaurant with getting your head shot off any more. http://www.eater.com/2015/11/3...

and there is almost no way to tell if something labeled "Non-GMO" really is,

If the difference between a GMO and non-GMO food product is undetectable, then what exactly is the issue with GMO food, again?

The truth is, people are ALREADY suing food producers over claims of "natural" and "non-GMO" (here, and here.) It must be possible to detect, and there are enough rabid anti-GMO and anti-corporate people to fund all the testing that anyone could desire.

Don't hold your breath on the FTC doing anything.

Huh? Truth in advertising laws are their jurisdiction, and they've gone after businesses before. You can even look online for enforcement actions.

Oh, don't worry, the French are already doing that. Fortunately, this particular case demonstrated the Striesand Effect can still kick a bully's ass from time to time.

http://eater.com/archives/2013/10/30/toronto-woman-serial-dates-to-get-free-restaurant-meals-and-blogs-about-it.php